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and immigration reform. across the aisle has become more and more difficult compromise seems tall to untain too climb. this morning, i have the honor national cing two leaders who can hopefully help hed some light on how our legislative colleagues in washington, d.c. and the white to come ht be able together and find solutions to our nation's critical problems. let me begin with governor huntsman. public service as a staff assistant to ronald reagan. he has since served four u.s. presidents in critical roles, ambassador to singapore, deputy assistant asia, ary of commerce for u.s. trade ambassador and most recently, u.s. ambassador to china. twice elected as utah's governor, he brought about strong economic reforms, tripled fund, and rainy day helped bring unemployment rates historic lows. named tenure, utah was the best state in america and the best state in which to do business. as co-chair of no senator joe .s. masden. t's working to bring about solutions to attract wide support in congress and begin rebu
and immigration reform. across the aisle has become more and more difficult compromise seems tall to untain too climb. this morning, i have the honor national cing two leaders who can hopefully help hed some light on how our legislative colleagues in washington, d.c. and the white to come ht be able together and find solutions to our nation's critical problems. let me begin with governor huntsman. public service as a staff assistant to ronald reagan. he has since served four u.s. presidents in...
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we want to allow immigration to our country where people have capital. right now we're losing people. people are going to canada because the income tax is 15% so canada is getting all these great entrepreneurs from around the world and we're losing them. why? corporate income tax is 35%. economic enterprise zones would expedite these visas for people who have $50,000. let them come to our country. i don't think you want a handout. just look at your history of innovation. look at the proud history of detroit. look at henry ford who not only produced a car that his assembly line men and women could afford to buy, he also shortened the workweek and increased wages. we were the industrial giant of the world. detroit was the greatness of america. government didn't do this. you did this. government didn't discover create motown greats like smoky robinson or diana ross. today doesn't need to be any different. we need to look at ourselves, look in the mirror and allow ours the freedom to create and innovate. you have leaders like this. think of dan gilbert of qu
we want to allow immigration to our country where people have capital. right now we're losing people. people are going to canada because the income tax is 15% so canada is getting all these great entrepreneurs from around the world and we're losing them. why? corporate income tax is 35%. economic enterprise zones would expedite these visas for people who have $50,000. let them come to our country. i don't think you want a handout. just look at your history of innovation. look at the proud...
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we want to allow immigration to our country with people have capital. right now we're losing people. people going to canada because income tax is 15%. canada is getting ought of these great entrepreneurs. economic enterprise zones would expedite these visas for people who have $50,000. detroit doesn't need a handout. look at the proud history of detroit. we were the industrial giant of the world, detroit was the greatness of america. government didn't do this. you did this. government didn't discover, create, motown greats like smokey robinson or diana ross. we need to look at ourselves. we need to look in the mirror and we need to allow ourselves the freedom to create and innovate. you have leaders. think of dan gilbert of quick and loans they are pouring their hearts and souls and money into detroit. quick and loans have spent more than a billion dollars in detroit and moved 3600 employees into the city, creating thousands of jobs. quick and loans and center companies have 12,000 employees working in detroit. quick and loans is proving all the nay say
we want to allow immigration to our country with people have capital. right now we're losing people. people going to canada because income tax is 15%. canada is getting ought of these great entrepreneurs. economic enterprise zones would expedite these visas for people who have $50,000. detroit doesn't need a handout. look at the proud history of detroit. we were the industrial giant of the world, detroit was the greatness of america. government didn't do this. you did this. government didn't...
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there is a lot to like encumbrance of immigration reform. lots of republicans and conservatives could like it. a lot of conservatives supported. what's not to -- lose sight of that. it has support from across the political spectrum, law- enforcement, evangelicals, is -- business, labor. it has support from lawmakers, and a former president, and governors. there is a real opportunity here forgetting something significant done for our economy and our asure that could be heralded a bipartisan success story. when the president volunteered the phrase yesterday that he will recommend self- restraint, does that mean that he believes the nsa's overall surveillance program is doesn'tt enough that he believe in needs to be reined in -- >> is this a dissection of different verbs? i think what he said was pretty clear. he is taking steps, as he is that in the past, to make sure that we are doing everything we did to do, and collecting all the information we need to collect, the guys we should collect this information. we can and should do it within the
there is a lot to like encumbrance of immigration reform. lots of republicans and conservatives could like it. a lot of conservatives supported. what's not to -- lose sight of that. it has support from across the political spectrum, law- enforcement, evangelicals, is -- business, labor. it has support from lawmakers, and a former president, and governors. there is a real opportunity here forgetting something significant done for our economy and our asure that could be heralded a bipartisan...
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immigration policies and drug laws. coverage ofour live the hearing starting at 10:00 c-span 2.rn on are you walk in, there tables in front with lots of pamphlets, prior to entering the gun show. temperature pamphlet is how the take ment is trying to away the right to own guns, obama is doing that and obama is that and obama care is awful. talk to them. they said, who are you? i'm an academic, a researcher. research about these organizations and ideas. i study men who believe this stuff. and a bunch of them said -- they looked at me suspiciously and and i said, tions look here's what i am. don't get it. but here's my job. i want to understand how you see the world. i want to understand your world view. you will not convince me. you.l not convince that's the table. i want to understand why you think the way you do. downward mobility, racial and gender equality. "angry white men," sunday night 9:00 on "after words" part of c-span 2. > vice president biden is in asia this week. his trip comes eight days after would require
immigration policies and drug laws. coverage ofour live the hearing starting at 10:00 c-span 2.rn on are you walk in, there tables in front with lots of pamphlets, prior to entering the gun show. temperature pamphlet is how the take ment is trying to away the right to own guns, obama is doing that and obama is that and obama care is awful. talk to them. they said, who are you? i'm an academic, a researcher. research about these organizations and ideas. i study men who believe this stuff. and a...
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immigration policy, border security. as a board member of human rights first, we have been incredibly blessed with his wisdom and expertise, which have been invaluable to us in navigating complex lyrical challenges. please join me in welcoming zigler.ember jim sig kindank you for that very and generous introduction. pleasure andcular honor for me today to introduce our keynote speaker, senator patrick leahy from the great state of vermont. a particular pleasure because i consider pat leahy to be a good friend, and yes, for all of you out there are who are doubting thomas's, it is possible for republicans and democrats to be friends in washington today. i did not say it was easy. i said it was possible. it is a special honor to introduce senator leahy because he is a real honest to goodness champion of the cause i think that brings all this are today, and that is human rights for everyone everywhere. in fact, i think without reservation and i suspect everybody in this room will agree, that there is no greater champion for
immigration policy, border security. as a board member of human rights first, we have been incredibly blessed with his wisdom and expertise, which have been invaluable to us in navigating complex lyrical challenges. please join me in welcoming zigler.ember jim sig kindank you for that very and generous introduction. pleasure andcular honor for me today to introduce our keynote speaker, senator patrick leahy from the great state of vermont. a particular pleasure because i consider pat leahy to...
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you got to have immigration reform. you have to have a competitive tax code. you have to do something about debt and education. this is all about problem solving. so no labels being at the sweet spot of where i think where the american people are and where they will be in the next couple of election cycles will therefore be in a place where most elected officials are going to want to be, not because it's the right thing politically, but because it's the right thing for this country. >> senator, you served in the senate for over a decade. how did things change when you were serving and how useful would a group like no labels have been early in the career or if they changed towards the end of the career in the senate? >> that's a good question. the senate has changed dramatically in the last 13 or 14 years. it's changed. it's just a completely different universe since my father's time. i'll tell you a story. it was 1968, my father was running for the first re-election. democrat in indiana. the republican leader at that time was illinois, came up to my father on
you got to have immigration reform. you have to have a competitive tax code. you have to do something about debt and education. this is all about problem solving. so no labels being at the sweet spot of where i think where the american people are and where they will be in the next couple of election cycles will therefore be in a place where most elected officials are going to want to be, not because it's the right thing politically, but because it's the right thing for this country. >>...
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in particular, to look at the age of individuals that may be involved in immigration and deportation issues so that phenotype is interesting. and then what we are here today for firms that. and this is a new little category on this chart -- using this chart to teach for years and years and forensics has been added to the chart. and in part because then doing part to the popular culture obviously all of the crime shows that have been on television but also to current events. and hearing about the mass graves and the analysis of these remains that are coming from the mass conflict have started to make their way into the public perception of the kind of work that we do behind the scenes. so, what is frantic anthropology class so from all of the forensic anthropologists because they haven't quite decided on what they are yet. it is a new subdisciplines within the physical anthropolo anthropology. they specialize in just dealing with medical legal issues and contemporary events so the folks at j. pack those are individuals that are working in hawaii on the recovery service men and their r
in particular, to look at the age of individuals that may be involved in immigration and deportation issues so that phenotype is interesting. and then what we are here today for firms that. and this is a new little category on this chart -- using this chart to teach for years and years and forensics has been added to the chart. and in part because then doing part to the popular culture obviously all of the crime shows that have been on television but also to current events. and hearing about...
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we're going to need immigration reform that grows the economy and takes people out of the shadows. we're going to need targeted initiatives to close those gaps. [applause] but here's an important point. the decades-long shifts in the economy have hurt all groups -- poor and middle class, inner city and rural folks, men and women, and americans of all races. and as a consequence, some of the social patterns that contribute to declining mobility that were once attributed to the urban poor -- that's a particular problem for the inner city -- single-parent households or drug abuse -- it turns out now we're seeing that pop up everywhere. a new study shows that disparities in education, mental health, obesity, absent fathers, isolation from church, isolation from community groups -- these gaps are now as much about growing up rich or poor as they are about anything else. the gap in test scores between poor kids and wealthy kids is now nearly twice what it is between white kids and black kids. kids with working-class parents are 10 times likelier than kids with middle- or upper-class pare
we're going to need immigration reform that grows the economy and takes people out of the shadows. we're going to need targeted initiatives to close those gaps. [applause] but here's an important point. the decades-long shifts in the economy have hurt all groups -- poor and middle class, inner city and rural folks, men and women, and americans of all races. and as a consequence, some of the social patterns that contribute to declining mobility that were once attributed to the urban poor --...
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i have been arrested on the whole process of trying to get to immigration reform and whatnot. in terms of education, this is an issue. pre-k is an issue about showing whether the results actually really matter and what the research actually really matters, or whether the congress lives in an evidence-free zone. we have seen pre-k actually works to help level the playing field. the president has put a bill out there. the house of representatives actually have a bipartisan bill, that lies in the house of representatives and the senate, the miller-harkin bill that has two republicans from new york state. i give them huge props for being part of it, hannah and grim. that pre-k bill should sail through. if people want to make a smart investment, that should sail through but for the ideology of what the federal government should be spending. and what is sad about this, states like oklahoma, you know, have shown us that pre-k really works. so we are fighting for it. i don't really know what its prospects are. i don't feel as hopeful as i wish -- you know, as the evidence should dicta
i have been arrested on the whole process of trying to get to immigration reform and whatnot. in terms of education, this is an issue. pre-k is an issue about showing whether the results actually really matter and what the research actually really matters, or whether the congress lives in an evidence-free zone. we have seen pre-k actually works to help level the playing field. the president has put a bill out there. the house of representatives actually have a bipartisan bill, that lies in the...
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the senate has passed comprehensive immigration reform will. we are very disappointed on this side of the aisle that the senate bill has not been put on the floor. our bill or one of the four bills out of committee. it was supported by the republican party and the judiciary committee. they have not been brought to the floor. we believe immigration reform is a critically important action for the congress to take. we hope anyone of those options would be brought to the table. the senate has passed in a bipartisan way the end of discrimination in employment. we talk about jobs. we talk about economic opportunity. passed that bill. that is not on the agenda either. i noticed we do have an extension bill that has been specifically reference. we will get to a debate on that next week. we have a suspension bill we have been urging that is reported out of committee that passed by 350 votes. it simply says we ought to have a plan, and that will be to extend manufacturing, grow profits, gross salaries for individuals -- gross salaries -- grow salaries fo
the senate has passed comprehensive immigration reform will. we are very disappointed on this side of the aisle that the senate bill has not been put on the floor. our bill or one of the four bills out of committee. it was supported by the republican party and the judiciary committee. they have not been brought to the floor. we believe immigration reform is a critically important action for the congress to take. we hope anyone of those options would be brought to the table. the senate has...
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sooner or later if you want your economy to continue growing and that immigration will come naturally from latin america. that even has a political dividend here so there is a tremendous opportunity for the u.s. in latin america. of course china is very interested in latin america's energy resources, and our water, in our biodiversity and if they want to invest latin america will welcome it. >> thank you. we are almost out of time but for asking one more question couple of housekeeping matters to take care of. first of all i would like to remind you of our upcoming speakers. on december 10 we have the honorable mayor of houston texas. on december 16th 16th dan nickerson chairman and ceo of general motors and on december 19, ricky skaggs grammy award-winning and bluegrass legend. second i would like to present our guest with the traditional national press club coffee mug full fleet to be filled with colombian coffee. [applause] and for the final question you mentioned the good prospects of colombia's national team. the u.s. team is looking up for a change. how do you see the prospects
sooner or later if you want your economy to continue growing and that immigration will come naturally from latin america. that even has a political dividend here so there is a tremendous opportunity for the u.s. in latin america. of course china is very interested in latin america's energy resources, and our water, in our biodiversity and if they want to invest latin america will welcome it. >> thank you. we are almost out of time but for asking one more question couple of housekeeping...
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talk about microenterprises, that maybe and lower income neighborhoods or may potentially think about immigrant communities as well. how do you create services, create those services and then promote and communicate those services and a way that's linguistically and culturally relevant to these committees as well. >> one of the issues you been working on at national to get cities is the issue best races which is how the business licensing regulations get in the way and how do they constrain microenterprises? you been doing with the issue of food trucks. and you talk about the work you've been doing and maybe give us ideas of places, of cities where there's a lot of interesting work going on and you're making progress and maybe what some of the challenges have been? >> sure. i think you raise a lot of interesting points and i would agree with most of those. when we think about licensing, particularly at the city levels and permits, there's always a reason why a particular permit or license was there to begin with but over time as we said, unless you actually taken in the door, take stock, think
talk about microenterprises, that maybe and lower income neighborhoods or may potentially think about immigrant communities as well. how do you create services, create those services and then promote and communicate those services and a way that's linguistically and culturally relevant to these committees as well. >> one of the issues you been working on at national to get cities is the issue best races which is how the business licensing regulations get in the way and how do they...